WoRMS taxon details
Chauvinelia arctica Averincev, 1980
327431 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:327431)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Averincev, V.G. (1980). <i>Chauvinelia arctica</i>, sp. n. (Acrocirridae, Polychaeta) iz Kanadskoi vpadiny. [<i>Chauvinelia arctica</i>, sp. n. (Acrocirridae, Polychaeta) from the Canadian Basin]. <em>Novoe v Sistematike Morskik Bespozvonochnykh. Zoologicheskyi Instituta, Akademiya Nauk SSSR [New Developments in the Taxonomy of Marine Invertebrates, Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences].</em> 25(33): 57-62.
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Holotype ZIRAS 44278, geounit Canadian Arctic Slope
, Note Canadian Basin of Arctic Ocean, approx 79°N...
Holotype ZIRAS 44278, geounit Canadian Arctic Slope [details]
Depth range 2300-3380 m.
Distribution Arctic Ocean: Canadian Arctic Basin; Greenland Sea.
Etymology Apparently not stated. The specific epithet arctica refers to the type locality of the species, the Arctic Ocean.
Depth range 2300-3380 m. [details]
Distribution Arctic Ocean: Canadian Arctic Basin; Greenland Sea.
Distribution Arctic Ocean: Canadian Arctic Basin; Greenland Sea. [details]
Etymology Apparently not stated. The specific epithet arctica refers to the type locality of the species, the Arctic Ocean.
Etymology Apparently not stated. The specific epithet arctica refers to the type locality of the species, the Arctic Ocean. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Chauvinelia arctica Averincev, 1980. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=327431 on 2026-04-29
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Nomenclature
original description
Averincev, V.G. (1980). <i>Chauvinelia arctica</i>, sp. n. (Acrocirridae, Polychaeta) iz Kanadskoi vpadiny. [<i>Chauvinelia arctica</i>, sp. n. (Acrocirridae, Polychaeta) from the Canadian Basin]. <em>Novoe v Sistematike Morskik Bespozvonochnykh. Zoologicheskyi Instituta, Akademiya Nauk SSSR [New Developments in the Taxonomy of Marine Invertebrates, Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences].</em> 25(33): 57-62.
page(s): 57-59, figs. 1-8, map on page 60 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 57-59, figs. 1-8, map on page 60 [details] Available for editors
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Salazar-Vallejo, S.I.; Gillet, P.; Carrera-Parra, L.F. (2007). Revision of <i>Chauvinelia</i>, redescriptions of <i>Flabelliseta incrusta</i>, and <i>Helmetophorus rankini</i>, and their recognition as acrocirrids (Polychaeta: Acrocirridae). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 87(02): 465-477., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315407054501
page(s): 469-471, fig. 2 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 469-471, fig. 2 [details] Available for editors
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context source (Deepsea)
Averincev, V.G. (1980). <i>Chauvinelia arctica</i>, sp. n. (Acrocirridae, Polychaeta) iz Kanadskoi vpadiny. [<i>Chauvinelia arctica</i>, sp. n. (Acrocirridae, Polychaeta) from the Canadian Basin]. <em>Novoe v Sistematike Morskik Bespozvonochnykh. Zoologicheskyi Instituta, Akademiya Nauk SSSR [New Developments in the Taxonomy of Marine Invertebrates, Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences].</em> 25(33): 57-62. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin
page(s): 346-347, figures 1-8 on page 346 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kirkegaard, Jørgen B. (1982). New records of abyssal benthic polychaetes from the Polar Sea. <em>Steenstrupia.</em> 8(10): 253-260., available online at http://not online
page(s): 254-257, fig. 1 [details]
[request]additional source Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin
page(s): 346-347, figures 1-8 on page 346 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kirkegaard, Jørgen B. (1982). New records of abyssal benthic polychaetes from the Polar Sea. <em>Steenstrupia.</em> 8(10): 253-260., available online at http://not online
page(s): 254-257, fig. 1 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype ZIRAS 44278, geounit Canadian Arctic Slope [details]
Nontype ZMUC 159, geounit Greenland Sea [details]
Paratype ZIRAS 44279, geounit Canadian Arctic Slope [details]
Paratype ZIRAS 44280, geounit Canadian Arctic Slope [details]
Paratype ZIRAS 44281, geounit Canadian Arctic Slope [details]
Paratype ZIRAS 44282, geounit Canadian Arctic Slope [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 2300-3380 m. [details]Diagnosis ''Chauvinelia with foliose palps. Cephalic hood margin entire dorsally and ventrally'' (Salazar-Vallejo et al., 2007: 471). [details]
Distribution Arctic Ocean: Canadian Arctic Basin; Greenland Sea. [details]
Etymology Apparently not stated. The specific epithet arctica refers to the type locality of the species, the Arctic Ocean. [details]
Habitat Kirkegaard (1982: 254-256) found the species in a sample from a ground of clay, sand, gravel and pebbles, with many empty shells, but considered all the species belonging to the genus Chauvinelia as being bathypelagic or epibenthic. Salazer-Vallejo et al. (2007: 469) considered all species included in the genus Chauvinelia as being bathypelagic. [details]
Type locality Canadian Basin of Arctic Ocean, approx 79°N 121° W, 3370 m. [details]
Type material Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint-Petersburg (Russia). [details]
